HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 34-year-old Hutchinson man was sentenced Friday to two years and five months in prison after being convicted of aggravated battery.
Judge Tim Chambers denied a judgment of acquittal and motion for a new trial for Chauncey Brownfield. A jury had found him guilty on the charge of aggravated battery, but were “hung” on the charge of aggravated robbery. The state asked that the sentencing in the single charge be postponed until after they retry him on the aggravated robbery charge. That was also denied.
The victim in the case was at a local motel at 14 West 4th and says he was attacked by Brownfield and that he took an iPhone 6+ cell phone by force. Apparently, Brownfield was asked to leave the motel and wanted his money back. He became angry and struck the victim, breaking his face, according to Senior Assistant District Attorney Steve Maxwell. He says he suffered a fracture of the eye socket and a permanent scar.
He also has other serious charges facing him in Salina where he was allegedly involved in a 2014 shooting incident at a Salina apartment complex. Officers were sent to the Chapel Ridge Apartments on May 11, 2014.
When officers arrived, they found a 42-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The man told police that Brownfield knocked on the door of his apartment and attempted to rob him.
Judge Chambers suggested that he can now be sent to Salina for that case, then brought back here for a second trial on the aggravated robbery case.